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On Aug 30, 2007, flight SQ814 departed for Guangzhou, China from Singapore. The plane landed at the Baiyun International Airport and a leisurely dressed Malaysian “businessman” holding a luggage tried to clear the customs when the custom official noticed that he had a suspicious look. As a result, his luggage was opened and checked by the officials. Found in the luggage were two very old notebooks. The weight of each notebook appears to be heavier than normal. Read the rest of this entry »

Now sign me up for this, thisis a nice budget laptop I would definetly purchase for myself as well as christmas gifts for family and friends……..

Asus chairman Jonney Shih sprang a surprise during Intel’s Computex keynote today with the announcement of a $189 laptop. The notebook measures roughly 120 x 100 x 30mm (WDH) and weighs only 900g. We saw the notebook boot in 15 seconds from its solid-state hard disk. The huge auditorium then burst into applause as Shih revealed the astounding price tag. Dubbed the 3ePC, Shih claimed the notebook is the ‘lowest cost and easiest PC to use’. As the crowds rushed the stage, we sneaked off to the Asus stand to take a closer look. Read the rest of this entry »

With BBC’s Panorama this week pointing to the supposed dangers of wi-fi technology, back experts are pointing to a much more immediate danger from laptop computers. They say that they are creating a nation of slouch potatoes.

While most British scientists believe that the risk of harm from wireless technology is theoretical, the risk laptops pose to our backs, shoulders and necks as we lean over them on the train, at home and at work is very real. Because they encourage bad posture, they’re causing an epidemic of musculoskeletal problems.

It’s all being driven by plummeting laptop prices and the increasing availability of wireless technology. Sales of portable computers increased by more than 25 per cent last year and they already outstrip desktop computer sales, according to PC World.

Michael Durtnall, a leading chiropractor, is one of a growing band of back-care specialists who say that something has to be done before children and young adults do irretrievable damage to their joints. He estimates that about 80 per cent of the patients at his three London clinics – mainly students, office workers and City types – have chronic nerve pain as a result of poor posture induced by working on a laptop. A recent British Chiropractic Association survey indicated that 50 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds were suffering from back pain, compared with 18 per cent three years ago. Durtnall believes the simultaneous rise of the laptop is no coincidence. Read the rest of this entry »

You’ll want to take this with a grain of salt, but the folks at Notebook Italia seem to have images of Lenovo’s upcoming ThinkPad Reserve Edition. The notebook looks like the company’s Yoga concept (which we covered awhile back). It’s clad in leather and features a detachable keyboard and what looks like the slimmest mouse I’ve seen to date. It also reminds me of Intel’s Metro concept. If this is the Reserve, I like what I see (although I’d prefer no leather and an optical drive). What do you guys think?

Courtesy (via Gizmodo)

Man this baby is small and packs quite a punch. Get this, it is a quarter and half inches thicker than a Razr. Though it s a prototype.
If intel delivers on this. It would really shake up the PC world. Businessweek has more on this

When Intel asked designers to build a better laptop, its instructions were simple, really. The machine has to be fashionable, able to connect to all manner of wireless networks, and full of the latest, fastest computing capabilities. Oh yes, and make it as thin as Motorola’s Razr. Its own engineers in conjunction with Ziba Design in Portland, Ore., rose to the challenge.

The result, code-named Intel mobile Metro notebook, is less than 0.7 inches thick—about one-quarter of an inch thicker than Motorola’s (MOT) iconic cell phone, making it the world’s thinnest notebook. And at 2.25 pounds, it’s also one of the lightest small-sized portable computers. Other features include always-on Internet connectivity via various wireless technologies.

All I have to say is, the design is sleek and I will be willing to pay the price for this baby…. so what do you guys at AMD have to say.

Read more: Courtesy www.businessweek.com